Communist Party of Turkey

The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) is a Marxist-Leninist communist party in Turkey that was founded in 1920. The party was founded by Mustafa Suphi, and it worked as a clandestine organization for much of the Cold War; it was persecuted by the various military regimes. The Communist Party split into factions later in the 20th century, and the Marxist-Leninist branch of the party declared a people's war against the Turkish government.